[handzilla]

Do you work Traps with, Back or Shoulders and why?

[RobInKuwait]

Originally Posted by handzilla

Do you work Traps with, Back or Shoulders and why?

The main exercise I do for traps is wide grip upright row, and thats more for delts than traps. My traps grow very easy, so its not really an issue for me.

[bigpump23]

I work them with back since i do deads

[hypo]

I find that deads work them well, but I work them with shoulders. Many shoulder movements like shoulder press, upright row, and lateral raise work them to a degree so i just throw in a set or two of shrugs to really get them.

[Cardinal]

I am undecided at this point. I too find that the best trapwork seems to come from deads. I'll probably end up working traps both on OH Pressing day and on deadlifting day.

[Jcc]

Back day. Every other week I do rack pulls, which are murder on my traps.

[Psoas10]

Actually I train them on hip dominant day or second leg day. Most times they are not trained directly.

[supersoldier]

I train traps on deadlift day, which is separate from back day and shoulder day. Usually deads, abs, traps in one day.

[SwoleT]

shoulder day. and on back day (when i do deads).

[rippednick]

I dont train traps at all, either i have great genetics for them or i get them really good through secondary effects of other exercises. I get complemented all the time on them, now if only my bic and calves were that way.

[beamen28]

i train traps on my shoulder days (3 or 4 sets of heavy barbell shrugs). i do this so they get hit twice a week when i do deadlifts on my back days.

[gobig1]

Both........just use different exercises/movements

[5111]

I usually train them on shoulder day just because back day is already so busy. I usually do shrugs, however I have had to quite doing them recently. After doing them my neck is stiff for a week

[SureShot]

I haven't done a shrug in over a year, my traps seem to grow with just doing deadlifts, which i just started doing again after a few months off, and my traps didnt seem to lose any noticeable size.

[bronx220]

the trapezius is a broad diamond shaped musclethat lies across your back. only 15% lies above your shoulder.soooooo since traps are a back muscle.........

[darkcrayz]

i do my traps with my shoulders. since i like to do heavy shrugs, and trying to do that after deads doesnt work well.

[Iron Warrior]

I've had my best trap development doing power cleans, I did do deads at the time, but since when I stopped doing power cleans, some people told me my traps didn't "stick out like they used to". The exercise is very exhausting but it did the job for me.

[MaDmaN]

When I do shrugs I do them on back day with deads.When I do upright rows i do them on shoulder day this seems to give it a good balance

[Beelzebub]

i don't train traps directly. they get worked enough from my shoulder and back day.